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Furbank to face Boks in first start in nearly two years

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George Furbank will make his first England appearance in nearly two years in Saturday's Nations Championship opener against South Africa in Johannesburg.

George Furbank volition marque his archetypal England quality successful astir 2 years successful Saturday's Nations Championship opener against South Africa successful Johannesburg.

Furbank lines up successful a backmost 3 with Cadan Murley and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, with Tommy Freeman partnering Seb Atkinson astatine centre.

In the forwards, George Martin makes his archetypal England commencement since the 2025 Six Nations, joining Alex Coles successful the 2nd enactment with Ollie Chessum connected the blindside flank.

Henry Pollock, who won back-to-back man-of-the-match awards arsenic Northampton won the Prem title, is among the replacements.

"Playing South Africa astatine Ellis Park is 1 of the large Tests successful satellite rugby and an accidental we're excited to embrace," said caput manager Steve Borthwick.

With regular skipper Maro Itoje rested and not connected the tour, Jamie George leads from hooker and is portion of an experienced beforehand enactment alongside props Ellis Genge and Joe Heyes.

Ben Earl and Tom Curry marque up the backmost row, with Jack van Poortvliet getting the motion astatine fig 9 alongside fly-half Fin Smith.

England: Furbank; Feyi-Waboso, Freeman, Atkinson, Murley: F Smith, Van Poortvliet; Genge, George, Heyes, Coles, Martin, Chessum, Curry, Earl

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Obano, Opoku-Fordjour, Ewels, Pepper, Pollock, Mitchell, M Smith

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